Slice header three-dimensional video extension for slice header prediction

A device for coding video data comprising:

• a memory configured to store data associated with video data;
• and
• one or more processors configured to:
• code one or more blocks of video data representative of texture information of at least a portion of a frame of the video data;
• process a texture slice for a texture view component of a current view associated with an access unit, the texture slice comprising the coded one or more blocks and a texture slice header comprising syntax elements related to reference picture list construction for the texture slice;
• code depth information representative of depth values for at least the portion of the frame;
• and
• process a depth slice for a depth view component corresponding to the texture view component of the view, the depth slice comprising the coded depth information and a depth slice header comprising syntax elements related to reference picture list construction for the depth slice,
• wherein, to process the texture slice or the depth slice, the one or more processors are configured to:
• code, in a slice header extension of the texture slice header, a syntax element indicating that a reference slice header for the texture slice is a slice header associated with another view of the same access unit as the current view;
• code, in the slice header extension of the texture slice, a reference picture prediction syntax element that indicates whether the syntax elements related to reference picture list construction for the texture slice are predicted from the reference slice header for the texture slice, wherein a first value of the reference picture prediction syntax element for the texture slice indicates that the syntax elements of the texture slice header related to reference picture list construction for the texture slice are copied from the reference slice header for the texture slice, and wherein a second value of the reference picture prediction syntax element for the texture slice indicates that the syntax elements of the texture slice header related to reference picture list construction for the texture slice are not copied from the reference slice header for the texture slice;
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• predict at least one syntax element of the syntax elements of the texture slice header related to reference picture list construction for the texture slice from the reference slice header for the texture slice;
• or
• code, in a slice header extension of the depth slice header, a syntax element indicating that a reference slice header for the depth slice is a slice header associated with the other view of the same access unit as the current view;
• code, in the slice header extension of the depth slice, a reference picture prediction syntax element that indicates whether the syntax elements related to reference picture list construction for the depth slice are predicted from the reference slice header for the depth slice, wherein a first value of the reference picture prediction syntax element for the depth slice indicates that the syntax elements of the depth slice header related to reference picture list construction for the depth slice are copied from the reference slice header for the depth slice, and wherein a second value of the reference picture prediction syntax element for the depth slice indicates that the syntax elements of the depth slice header related to reference picture list construction for the depth slice are not copied from the reference slice header for the depth slice;
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• predict at least one syntax element of the set of syntax elements of the depth slice header related to reference picture list construction for the depth slice from the reference slice header for the depth slice.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon instructions that, when executed, cause one or more processors of a video coding device to:

• code one or more blocks of video data representative of texture information of at least a portion of a frame of the video data;
• process a texture slice for a texture view component of a current view associated with an access unit, the texture slice comprising the coded one or more blocks and a texture slice header comprising syntax elements related to reference picture list construction for the texture slice;
• code depth information representative of depth values for at least the portion of the frame;
• and
• process a depth slice for a depth view component corresponding to the texture view component of the view, the depth slice comprising the coded depth information and a depth slice header comprising syntax elements related to reference picture list construction for the depth slice;
• wherein the instructions that cause the one or more processors to process the texture slice or the depth slice comprises comprise instructions that cause the one or more processors to:
• code, in a slice header extension of the texture slice header, a syntax element indicating that a reference slice header for the texture slice is a slice header associated with another view of the same access unit as the current view;
• code, in the slice header extension of the texture slice, a reference picture prediction syntax element that indicates whether the syntax elements related to reference picture list construction for the texture slice are predicted from the reference slice header for the texture slice, wherein a first value of the reference picture prediction syntax element for the texture slice indicates that the syntax elements of the texture slice header related to reference picture list construction for the texture slice are copied from the reference slice header for the texture slice, and wherein a second value of the reference picture prediction syntax element for the texture slice indicates that the syntax elements of the texture slice header related to reference picture list construction for the texture slice are not copied from the reference slice header for the texture slice;
• and
• predict at least one syntax element of the set of syntax elements of the texture slice header related to reference picture list construction for the texture slice from the reference slice header for the texture slice;
• or
• code, in a slice header extension of the depth slice header, a syntax element indicating that a reference slice header for the depth slice is a slice header associated with the other view of the same access unit as the current view;
• code, in the slice header extension of the depth slice, a reference picture prediction syntax element that indicates whether the syntax elements related to reference picture list construction for the depth slice are predicted from the reference slice header for the depth slice, wherein a first value of the reference picture prediction syntax element for the texture slice indicates that the syntax elements of the depth slice header related to reference picture list construction for the depth slice are copied from the reference slice header for the depth slice, and wherein a second value of the reference picture prediction syntax element for the texture slice indicates that the syntax elements of the depth slice header related to reference picture list construction for the depth slice are not copied from the reference slice header for the depth slice;
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• predict at least one syntax element of the set of syntax elements of the depth slice header related to reference picture list construction for the depth slice from reference slice header for the depth slice, respectively, wherein the reference slice header is from a view component of the same access unit.

A device for processing video data, comprising:

• means for coding one or more blocks of video data representative of texture information of at least a portion of a frame of the video data;
• means for processing a texture slice for a texture view component of a current view associated with an access unit, the texture slice comprising the coded one or more blocks and a texture slice header comprising syntax elements related to reference picture list construction for the texture slice;
• means for coding depth information representative of depth values for at least the portion of the frame;
• and
• means for processing a depth slice for a depth view component corresponding to the texture view component of the view, the depth slice comprising the coded depth information and a depth slice header comprising syntax elements related to reference picture list construction for the depth slice;
• wherein means for processing the texture slice or the depth slice comprise:
• means for coding, in a slice header extension of the texture slice header, a syntax element indicating that a reference slice header for the texture slice is a slice header associated with another view of the same access unit as the current view;
• means for coding, in the slice header extension of the texture slice, a reference picture prediction syntax element that indicates whether the syntax elements related to reference picture list construction for the texture slice are predicted from the reference slice header for the texture slice, wherein a first value of the reference picture prediction syntax element for the texture slice indicates that the syntax elements of the texture slice header related to reference picture list construction for the texture slice are copied from the reference slice header for the texture slice, and wherein a second value of the reference picture prediction syntax element for the texture slice indicates that the syntax elements of the texture slice header related to reference picture list construction for the texture slice are not copied from the reference slice header for the texture slice;
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• means for predicting at least one syntax element of the set of syntax elements of the texture slice header related to reference picture list construction for the texture slice from the reference slice header for the texture slice;
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• means for coding, in a slice header extension of the depth slice header, a syntax element indicating that a reference slice header for the depth slice is a slice header associated with the other view of the same access unit as the current view, wherein a first value of the reference picture prediction syntax element for the depth slice indicates that the syntax elements of the depth slice header related to reference picture list construction for the depth slice are copied from the reference slice header for the depth slice, and wherein a second value of the reference picture prediction syntax element for the depth slice indicates that the syntax elements of the depth slice header related to reference picture list construction for the depth slice are not copied from the reference slice header for the depth slice;
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• means for predicting at least one syntax element of the set of syntax elements related to reference picture list construction for the depth slice from a reference slice header, respectively, wherein the reference slice header is from a view component of the same access unit.